Koskowa Góra (867 m a.s.l.) is the highest peak of the Koskowa Góra range in the Maków Beskids — a quietly rewarding summit that offers something genuinely rare: a broad, open, largely treeless top with a full 360-degree panorama. If you are looking for an unhurried mountain experience off the beaten path, this is a great pick.
The summit dome is wide and gentle, once covered in farmland, now slowly transitioning from meadows back to forest. Grass-covered stone heaps scattered across the slopes are the last traces of generations of farmers clearing the land. On a clear autumn day you can spot the Tatra Mountains and Babia Góra on the horizon; in summer the meadows are in full bloom; in winter a blanket of snow turns the whole ridge into a silent, atmospheric escape. On the northern slope you can still make out the zigzagging trenches dug by German forces in 1944 — a quiet, sobering reminder of the fighting that took place here on 28 January 1945.
How to reach the summitAccording to local legend, the sculpture of Christ inside the chapel was originally destined for the famous Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary — but the oxen carrying it stopped here and refused to move, which was taken as a divine sign, and the chapel was built on that very spot.